Corset-busk and fastening means therefor.



E. SCHWEINBURG.

CORSET BUSK AND FASTENING MEANS THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25, 1913.

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EMIL scnwnmsnne, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

CORSET-BITSK AND FASTENING MEANS THEREFOR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL SOI-IWEINBURG, a citizen of the Empire of Austria-Hungary, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, county. and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Busks and Fastening Means Therefo-r, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corset-busks and fastening means therefor andhas for its object to provide an improved corset-husk comprising improved means for fastening and locking the two halves of the husk one to the other.

The improved fastening and locking means comprise hook and stud fasteners, and also a small locking hook adapted to be operated on a pivot in such a mannerv as to prevent the improved husk from'hecoming undone when fastened, for which purpose a specially shaped hook is provided for facilitating the fastening of the improved husk.

In carrying the invention into effect, fastening hooks are provided on one of the two halves of thebusk, and studs or the like are provided on the other half of the husk. By this means the corset may be fastened very easily and with extreme rapidity, since for this purpose it is merely necessary to engage the hooks on the studs and then turn the aforesaid small locking hook down and under the corresponding stud.

The hooks constitute simple, convenient and very efficient means of fastening the corset, while the small locking hook prevents any accidental undoing of the corset by any movement of the wearer, and the improved fastening and locking means cannot get out of order. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a front elevation of one form of the improved husk, shown detached from the corset and with the two halves separated from one another, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is front elevation of the husk in position for fastening its halves together, Fig. 4c is a front elevation of the husk in fastened position, Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1, Figs. 6 and 7 show modified forms of the top hooks, and Fig. 8 is a view of the bottom hook.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed November 25, 1913. Serial No. 802,860.

Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts throughout the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 1, the improved corset-husk comprises two elongated members 8, 9, one of which, as 9, is provided with a plurality of headed studs 10, and the other of which, as 8, is provided with an equal number of hooks 11 located each opposite the correpsonding stud 10 on the other member. Each hook 11 is formed with a heel 12 designed to facilitate the fastening of the members 8 and Qtogether. The shape of the hooks 11 has been carefully designed to enable the heels to act as catches and also as guides for the corresponding studs 10 in order to insure that when the two husk-halves are brought together, the studs shall automatically engage in the hooks when the huskhalf carrying the studs is slid up, or the husk-half carrying the hooks is slid down.

The device for locking the improved husk consists of a small hook 13 pivoted by means of a rivet 14 to the large top fastening hook I 110. A lug 15 fixed to the locking hook 13 serves as a member for operating the latter. The bottom hook 111 is constructed in a peculiar manner with the object of facilitating the fastening of the husk. To this end it is composed of a plate adapted for attachment to the husk and provided at its front end with a vertical beak 18 which forms an approximately vertical slot 21 between it and thehody of the plate. The plate is also provided at its front end with a downward vertical beak 16 which overhangs the beak 18 and extends downward in front of the beak 18 approximately parallel therewith and forms an approximately vertical outer slot 20 which unites at its upper end with the upper end of the inner vertical slot 2-1 and constitutes a mouth leading to said slot. The outer beak thus constitutes a lock 7 against lateral separation of the busks in case the stud engaging the plate 111 should ride up in the inner slot 21. The adjacent faces 17 and 19 of the beaks 16- and 18 are slightly inclined to the vertical. The tip of the beak 16 is substantially below the tip of the beak 18 and the base of the beak 18 projects below the tip of the beak 16 forming a rounded guide for the entrance of the stud 10 of the corresponding husk half. The

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gether in such a manner as to cause the stud, 1.0 to strikethe heel: of the beak l8.whereby it is made to engage the slot 20 between the beaks l6 and 18. Then the-stud is movedup over the tip of the beak 18 and thence down into the concavity 21 of *the; bottom beak, as shownin- Fi 3; Thereupo'n the remaining portions 0 the two' bu'sk-halives are; brought together by swinging them on the bottom stud as acenter, so that the heels 12 of the several hooks 11 will come op"- positethecorre'sponding" studs 10. The 'two bush-halves being-now parallel to eachother, as shown in Fig. 3, it is merel necessary toslide' the hook-bearing husk-halfdownward so that its hooks -will move down; and engage the co'rrespondi'ngstuds 10; The locking-hook 13' isnow turned down and engaged under the correspondin'g'stud. This last operation locks the corset.

In order to openthe-cors'et,"fi-rst the looking hook 13 is disengaged and then the hook bearingjbusk isslid up to position shown in F ig. '3 to disengage the'studs from The two buslehalyfesiare then swung on thebottom stud, as'a-center, outward from each other, then the bottom stud and bottom. hook are disengaged ifronieach other, whereby the two busk-hal-ves are completely separated;

It is understood that the locking hook 13 ma beprovided on any onegof the hooks. It 1s also to be-understood that-the locking device may be'provided on thefl'ower part of the'busk, or atany other desired point, without departing from the n atu-re -ofth'e present-invention. Further,theposition-of the various hooks may be changed as desired from the-position shownby way of example only in the accompanying'dr'aw 1n s; I

The hooks 70', 71 are shown inF'i-gz" 6 wit'liou-t the heel, the corner' beingplain as shown at 1 20-: The heel of the hook 1-12 in Fig. 7 is: formed as a notch 25-intendeot to receivev temporarily the retaining or headed stud 1 0 before the latter becomes; final' ly engaged inthe mouth of the hook: Thisnotch 25jforms arest which helps the hooking together of the corset. It is" alsotobe"understood that the shape of the bottomhook may be" changed without changing-the function or' operation. I have shown the studs to at the "bottom, and that the bottom beak-T shaped; device maybe; placed on top.

The improved busk is characterized by the great simplicity of its fasteningand locking arrangements, and is advantageous in thatit contains neither complicated mechanism nor springs, nor pulling devices, nor cords with pulleys, nor press-studs. The corset isfiea'sily fastened and untastened and cannotbecome undone accidentally, whatever position be assumed by thewearer.

I" claim:

12, acorset', the combination of a bush halfprovided with. a plurality of studs and asecond bus'k half: provided; with plurality of hooks, oneofsaid hooks having a vertical upward innerbeak forming an; approximately verticalinner slot and a vertical downward outer bleztkwhiChF overhangs saidupward beak and-extends downward in front' thereof approximately parallel therewith, forming an approximately vertical outer slot leading to said inner slot, said outerbeak constituting a lock against {lateral separation of the busks, the base of the inner beak extending; belowthe tip of the outer beak, and ay'locking catcl'ion-- one of saidhooksfor lookihgsaid buskhal-Ves in closed position! 2:5 In a corset, the combination of ahusk half provided with a plurality 'ofstuds' and a second buskhalf provided with a plurality off hooks, one ofsai'd hooks having aivertica-l upward innerbeak forming an approximately vertical in-ner slot and vertical down-ward outer beak'which overhang-s said upward beak and-extends downward in front thereof approximately paralleltherewith,- forming; an approximately vertical outer slot leading to said i nner slot, said outer beak consti'tu t'i ng'*adock against sep-a- F: Hoes,

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